Gem-setting.



@une ntoz /Z attained# PATENTED MAR. l0, 1908. R. K. HORMANN.

GBM SETTING.

APPLIUA'TION FILED APB- RO. 1907.

' nrc-:HARD K. HoHMaNN, or sin DIEGO, caLrroRNm.

GEH-SETTING.

No. 881,689. Y

` 'Specification of Letters Batent.

yPatented March 1o, 190s.

Application sita prix so, 19er. sarai Nq. 369565.

Toall whomit may-concern:

Be it-known that I, Ricamo K. Hon? MANN, a citizen of' the United States, resid' at San Diego, :in the county of-.San'Diego an State of California, have invented new and useful Im rovements in GemrSettings, of which the ollowing isaspeciication.

This inventions-dates :toa gem setting adapted for ringsstuds, pins orany other form. of jewelryi-1having gems or stonesset therein, and relatesanoreparticifxlarlyi.toa gem v of that type im-which fthegem.

can be removed withoutf-theclaws to be' straightened accord'a itjo-the-usual mtlwd.` hrbyfpbvatng ebrek @of Pense of miami' the Setting" The inventign- 'as for one o improve' and p lify-the cons andinexpensive to manufacture. and so signed thattheemcanbere'adily'takenout' en desired. injia simple land and replaced w i convenient manner and withouttheneed' of skilled workmen or s tools. f

Another object of t e invention is the pro. vision of a setting having claws that are permanentlyibent into proper shape to engage over-the top ofthe em or stone and a member cooperating wit the claws and engaging the inner surface of the gem for. removably holding the latter in place, there being a retainingl means for the said member.

it these objects in view and others, as wil appear as the description'proceeds, -the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and set forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one of the embodiments of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ring provided with the. improved emholding means. Fig. 2 -is an enlarged agmentary sectional view .of the setting showing portions in elevation. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the setting. Fig. 4 isa bottom plan view.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the several figures.

In the present Instance, I have elected to illustrate what is commonly known as' a Belcher setting for a ring, but it is obvious that any other suitable form of setting .-1.0 .1% .i traction" of. a v

tion ma be a plied to a stud,1pin, or other piece o jews' yry4 having a gen1 or stones mounted therein.

Referring to the drawi 1 designates a ringrof any approved form aving stone engaging .claws 2. that are bent inwardly at their top endsas indicated ata-3, Figs. 2 and 3, .and permanently retained in.th1s form so that tips for removal of the gem according to the usual .custfom,.is .avoide v The ring or setting is cut away and finished fin the form 'of a cyhndrical opening 4 at the base of ,the 'clawsand'in this opening is fitted Ja' sleeve' rovided witharms 6 that coincide with'the aws 2 and have their extremities ,beveledl as shown to cooperate with the tips 3 for retai -the gein 8 1n thesetting. f The ,sleeve A5 is provided with longitudinal "ribs .9 arranged-.at diametrically op ositepoints, "as shownin Fig. 2, that engage 1n grooves 10 extending upwardly in the walls of the cylin, dricall opening 4 and two of the claws 2, therebyjpreventing the sleeve from turning and moving Vout of alinernent with the claws. A1t is obvious that any other means may be ing the ring.

the ring. by dro ping the former into the o ening 4 while t 1e ring is held inverted and t e stone will seat on theinward pits of the claws. The sleeve 5 is .then inserted in the opening 4-fron1 the inner end so that the ends o the arms 6 will engage the under side of the stone to hold the latter in position. The clampingscren-"or ring 11 is next inserted and screwed home against the sleeve 5,

tion. twillthus be vseen that the claws of against the stone after the latter is placed in position, as is ordinarily necessary, and should it be required to removel the 'stone, this can also be done without straightening `the tips of the claws, simply by removing the clamping screw and sleeve, whereupon the lo'the opening 4. Besides preserving the he employed and-fiu'ther that the inven-- provided for reventing relative turning of n practice, the stone or gem is mounted in the'setting do not have to 'be bent over dtone can be removed through the inner cnil the apparatus shown .is merely illustrative member having p .with the claws and adapted to coperate with invention appertains,l and While I have detion, and retaining means for the said memdanger of breaking the claws. i.

From the 'for oing description, taken in connection witht eacc'ompan drawings, the advantages of the constructlon and of the method of o eration willbe. readil alp-- parent to those s ed in the art to whic t e scribed the principle of operation of the vinvention, vtogether with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that and't at such may be made when desired, as are within the-scope of the claims.

Havingl thusdescribed the invention, what I clair? v ,l

1. setting or jewe comprising a p u rality' of claws of xed shape, a removable arms arranged to registerthe latter to Vhold a stone or gem,and means for preventing longitudinal and rotary movement of the member. v

2. A stone Isetting comp fixed shape, a member lhavlng arms coincid-v ing' with the claws and co' eratingwith the latter toremovably hold t e stone in posi-` rising claws ofber.

3. A stone setting compr' abod vhavody apted ing an opening, means on the 'senese a to engage one side of the stone, a removable member in the opening eng the opposite side of the stone, and means ior pr'eventing the member from turning for the member attached to the body.

4. A stone setting comprising a body having an opningclaws extending outwardly from the opening for receiving a stone, a sleeve fitted in the opening and having arms cooperating with the claws to removably hold the stone in position, means for preventing the sleeve from turning, and a retainer removably'holding the sleeve in position.

5. A stone setting comprising a body, an opening, stone-engaging claws extending outwardly from the o erung, a member fitted 1x1. the opening an having arms coinciding with the claws and engaging at their extremities the stone, and means for holding the arms and claws inalinement.

' 6. A stone'setting comprising a body having an opening, clawsprovided on the body,

a'sleeve 1n; the opemng cooperating with the claws for holdin'gal stone in the setting, a rib and groove connection between the sleeve andbody for reventing the former from turning, and a t eaded retaining ring in the opening for clam ing the'sleeve in osition. In testimony W ereof, I affix my siJgnature in presence of two'witnesses.

RICHARD K; HOHMANN.

Witnesses: A i

H. A. CROGHAN, A. A.' Gamas.

, and a retainer 

